United States Seventh Circuit

Sentence for bank fraud is affirmed where defendant's use of counterfeit checks with his own cell phone number on them, allowing him to represent himself when contacted as the person who authorized the check, constituted sophisticated means warranting a sentence enhancement.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/10/2008
• Decided 08/07/2008
• Published 08/07/2008

Judges

• COFFEY, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, COFFEY, and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Richard N. Cox (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Urbana, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Terrance O. Robinson, Safford, AZ, pro se, Michael J. Zopf (argued), Champaign, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.